Removal of crosswalk honoring 49 people killed in 2016 is latest anti-LGBTQ+ move by DeSantis administration
A rainbow crosswalk designed to honor victims of a mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando was painted over by the Florida state government on Wednesday night.
The abrupt erasure of the memorial street crossing, which honored the 49 people killed at the Pulse nightclub in 2016, was described as a “scandalous act of betrayal” by one Florida state senator.
Florida has seen numerous anti-LGBTQ+ laws and measures passed in recent years by the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.
“We are devastated to learn that overnight the state painted over the Pulse memorial crosswalk on Orange Avenue,” Buddy Dyer, the mayor of Orlando, said on Thursday.
